David Oates

Designer • CEO & co-founder at @curtsy where we're making fashion more circular • 🆕 Host @slt_pod where I share startup learnings
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Thrilled to announce @Curtsy's $11M Series A led by @damirbecirovic of @IndexVentures with participation by @ycombinator @FjLabs @1984Ventures @jbreinlinger

Thanks @sarahintampa for the feature 🙏🏻

https://t.co/cDsSG4hUnh

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@thefuturematt Obsessed with the launch video. Congrats team!

[Matt Moss @thefuturematt]

AI is great, but it can’t replace your real friends

Introducing Rollcall, now available globally on Locket

Just your best friends, no generated content, no endless scrolling

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@sama 💯

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@DorcyShema I wish I could tell you

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The dashboard of a SaaS tool that we use. How exactly did this design make it into production?

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@sama @jaltma Those shared genes

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😂😂😂

[Ashlee Vance @ashleevance]

The great irony that person the tech world wants to hear from the most runs a question and answer site but will answer none questions

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<3 #teamsama

[Sam Altman @sama]

i love the openai team so much

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Humane AI voice is Julia Roberts. I’m calling it

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Paying to retain creators is certainly one way to compete with Threads!

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@steph_manning07 @italic's Rafa backpack from @IndexVentures :)

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iOS17 is the ML-ization of everything

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Bump is back baby

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For teams interviewing this cycle... GOOD LUCK!

What's this list missing?

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My advice for YC interviews 🧵

[David Oates @deoates]

Credibility

If you’re asked a question that you genuinely don’t know, simply say I will look into this and follow up with you